Abstract Number: 1105 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lateral Tibio-Femoral Shift Related to Medial Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Medial knee osteoarthritis (MKOA) has been shown to be related to malalignment of the knee joint with several radiographs used to quantify the abnormality.…Abstract Number: 1106 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Foot Posture and Plantar Pressure Changes in Knee Osteoarthritis: Preliminary Report
Background/Purpose: Disturbances of weight bearing and walking pattern occur in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) due to impairments in knee joint. These impairments may lead…Abstract Number: 1107 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Knee Flexion Pain, Age and Joint Line Tenderness Predict the Progression of Asymptomatic, Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis to Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis Over 5 Years
Background/Purpose: Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent form of OA. Historically, not all people who have tell-tale signs of radiographic knee osteoarthritis progress to…Abstract Number: 1108 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Hylan G-F 20 for the Treatment of Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Painful carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC OA) is associated with substantial impairment, and is often unresponsive to medical treatment. Hylan G-F 20 has been shown…Abstract Number: 1109 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Strontium Ranelate On Hand Osteoarthritis – Analysis of Data From the Sekoia Trial
Background/Purpose: Strontium ranelate (SrRan) has shown the ability to reduce radiological progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) over 3 years. Patients with knee OA are also…Abstract Number: 1110 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiologic Progression in Hand Osteoarthritis (OA) Over 2.6 Years – Data From the Sekoia Trial
Background/Purpose: Hand OA is a frequent polyarticular disease. Few is known with respect to its radiological progression over time, which in addition is difficult to…Abstract Number: 1111 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Erosive Evolution in Hand Osteoarthritis Is Associated with Incident Joint Tenderness Independent of MRI-Defined Bone Marrow Lesions and Synovitis
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown no association between increased amount of radiographic hand osteoarthritis (OA) resulting in more hand pain/disabilities. In this longitudinal study, our…Abstract Number: 1112 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients with Erosive Osteoarthritis Have Less Extensive Synovitis Than Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis On Histopathology
Background/Purpose: Patients with erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) often develop disfiguring deformities and associated decline in hand function. We have previously demonstrated that synovitis was a common…Abstract Number: 1113 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Lumbar Spine Individual Radiographic Features in African American and White Women and Men: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Background/Purpose: Race and gender differences have been found to exist in hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). Whether such differences occur with lumbar spine individual radiographic…Abstract Number: 1114 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Radiographic and Symptomatic Hip Osteoarthritis in an Urban US Population: The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study
Background/Purpose: There are few studies of hip osteoarthritis (OA) in the United States and none in the last 35 years that have addressed the prevalence…Abstract Number: 1115 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relation Between Hip Dysplasia, Pain, and Osteoarthritis in a Cohort of Patients with Hip Symptoms
Background/Purpose: The relationship between acetabular dysplasia (HD) and hip osteoarthritis remains unclear, especially for mild forms of dysplasia. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence…Abstract Number: 1076 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
FLIP in Dendritic Cells May Regulate Hematopoietic Homeostasis and Modulating Inflammation and Immunity
Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that FLIP in myeloid linage cells is necessary for neutrophil homeostasis and macrophage differentiation. Therefore studies were performed to determine the…Abstract Number: 1077 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
p21 Promotes Inflammatory Arthritis Resolution by Facilitating Alternative Activation of Macrophages
Background/Purpose: Current understanding of pathogenesis suggests that RA is mainly a Th1 mediated process that promotes robust inflammatory cytokine production by “classically” activated macrophages. …Abstract Number: 1078 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prolactin Is Increased in Responders to Anti-TNFá Treatment and the Role of the Prolactin Receptor in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common rheumatic disease which mainly affects women. In the last decade, it is known that prolactin (PRL) is…Abstract Number: 1079 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Polyclonal CD4+Foxp3+ treg Cells Induce TGFb-Dependent Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells That Suppress Murine Lupus-Like Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Interplay between Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) and dendritic cells (DCs) maintains immunologic tolerance, but the effects of each cell on the other are…